Hepatology

Liver Fibrosis

Conference Reporter in Liver Fibrosis to Cover Key Topics Being Presented at Recent Liver Disease Meeting

conference reporter by Ashwani K. Singal, MD, MS, AGAF, FACG, FAASLD; Kris V. Kowdley, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD; Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc

Overview

Conference Reporter delivers health care providers with insights from key thought leaders on exciting news presented at major medical conferences, in a concise and timely format. This issue of Conference Reporter will feature coverage of selected topics in Liver Fibrosis presented at a recent Liver Disease meeting.

The clinicians who were surveyed selected the following expert commentators and topics from the upcoming conference.

Community-Selected Expert Commentators:

Kris V. Kowdley, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD

Professor, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Washington State University Director, Liver Institute Northwest Seattle, WA

Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc

Director, NAFLD Research Center Professor of Medicine, Director of Hepatology, and Vice Chief Division of Gastroenterology Adjunct Professor, Division of Epidemiology University of California, San Diego San Diego, CA

Ashwani K. Singal, MD, MS, AGAF, FACG, FAASLD

Transplant Hepatologist and Chief of Clinical Research Affairs Avera Transplant Institute, Sioux Falls, SD Professor of Medicine and Director, Hepatology Course University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine Vermillion, SD

Community-Selected Topics:

• Multidisciplinary Care for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis • Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Noninvasive Testing for Differing Phenotypes • Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Precision Medicine in Evaluation and Treatment • Novel Approaches to Detect Liver Disease • Pharmacotherapy for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Clinical Trials and Therapies on the Horizon • The Gut-Liver Axis and the Microbiome in Liver Inflammation, Fibrosis

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Ashwani K. Singal, MD, MS, AGAF, FACG, FAASLD

Transplant Hepatologist and Chief of Clinical Research Affairs
Avera Transplant Institute, Sioux Falls, SD
Professor of Medicine and Director, Hepatology Course
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
Vermillion, SD

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Kris V. Kowdley, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD

Professor, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Washington State University
Director, Liver Institute Northwest
Seattle, WA

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Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc

Director, NAFLD Research Center
Professor of Medicine, Director of Hepatology, and Vice Chief
Division of Gastroenterology
Adjunct Professor, Division of Epidemiology
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA